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Vermont Early Learning Standards

Vermont Early Learning Standards. An Overview. Vermont Early Learning Standards. Kindergarten. Grades 1,2, & 3. Preschool. Birth to Three. Norm s. Vermont Early Learning Standards. Reflecting on our Gifts. Find a piece of paper and tr ace your hand.

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Vermont Early Learning Standards

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  1. Vermont Early Learning Standards An Overview Vermont Early Learning Standards Kindergarten Grades 1,2, & 3 Preschool Birth to Three

  2. Norms Vermont Early Learning Standards

  3. Reflecting on our Gifts • Find a piece of paper and trace your hand. • Write on each finger a strength/gift that you bring, or would like to bring, to your teaching or work • Draw an artful design in the middle

  4. Importance Knowledge & Skills introduction PLAY! Early Experiences Matter Common Understanding High Quality

  5. Guiding Principles • Each and every child: • has promise • develops and learns trust and respect through nurturing and responsive relationships • forms ideas of how the world works • has a unique life story written by its family, community, and culture

  6. USE of the VELS • VELS is a frameworkfor planning curriculum and instruction • VELS guides and informs families about the development and capabilities of children birth through grade 3 • VELS emphasizes the importance of play as the foundation for children’s development and learning • VELS informs how curriculum and instruction is tailored, how play can be incorporated into your curriculum and instruction, and how educational practices should be aligned with these Standards • VELS contributes to a shared language and public • awareness about the significance of early childhood • education and the need to invest resources early and • wisely

  7. VELS is NOT • An assessment checklist • A comprehensive curriculum • A tool to diagnose or label children, or to keep children from progressing to the next level or grade • A mandate for specific teaching practices or materials • An evaluation of teachers or programs, or • A rationale for excluding children from participating in programs or experiences

  8. Early Experiences Matter! • Approaches to Learning • Social Emotional Development • Growing, Moving and Being Healthy Organization

  9. Early Experiences Matter! II Communication and Language • Language Development • Literacy Development • Creative Language and Expression Organization

  10. Early Experiences Matter! III • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies Learning About Our World Organization

  11. Structure II

  12. Dive Into Your VELS! • With a partner, find, tab, and label • pg. 21 The Developing Self section • pg. 22 Approaches to Learning • pg. 30 Social & Emotional Learning • pg. 39 Growing, Moving and Being Healthy • Photo Reflection Activity • Each domain page contains photos of children • Select one that is meaningful to you • Turn to your neighbor and share your thoughts on the photo you selected and the domain(s) it is in

  13. Structure of the VELS Social and Emotional Element 2: Self Awareness Goal 1: Children demonstrate an awareness of own personal characteristics, skills and abilities

  14. Page 36 Second Graders SE.2.1.SG.6

  15. Back to the Heart of it ALL • Returning to your handprints, identify which Element/Goal from any of the domains found in the Developing Self section is best associated with the strength/gift on each finger. • Write the Element/Goal next to each strength/gift. • In the artful design on the handprint, list one Element/Goal from any of the three domains that you would like to learn more about or improve.

  16. Like a Girl SE.2.1.SG.6 6. Recognize that others may have different perspectives based on various experiences

  17. What can I do? 6. Recognize that others may have different perspectives based on various experiences SE.2.1.SG.6 • ACTIVATE LEARNING! • Using the book No Biggy! By Elycia Rubin talk about how you need to be flexible and not let anything bother you (Flexible like a Chameleon) and handle frustration. Make pipe cleaner chameleons. You can also use the book A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni and talk about how everyone is unique. • http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/bn_bombaloo.pdf • http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/documents/booklist.pdf

  18. If We’ve Done Our Job

  19. STANDARDS to PRACTICE!! Where can I find more resources? http://fpg.unc.edu/presentations/right-stuff http://fpg.unc.edu/presentations/vermont-resource-collections

  20. Vermont Early Learning Standards THANK YOU! Vermont Early Learning Standards • http://education.vermont.gov/sites/aoe/files/documents/edu-early-education-early-learning-standards.pdf

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